Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
This event is part of the GRADventure Professional Skills Conference. Visit the conference web page for a full schedule of events.
As a grad student or postdoc, you already frequently attend or organize meetings. In your future career, you will most certainly continue to be responsible for participating in and running effective meetings. But what makes a meeting effective? In this workshop, you’ll learn how the meeting is a tool with great potential to help you get the resources you need and get projects completed. You’ll also learn why this tool is so often misused or misapplied, and how to avoid common mistakes in meeting planning, so your meetings can be well organized and meet deliverables.
Presenter bio:
Jonathan Woodcock, (PMI-ACP, PMP) is Project Manager with Information & Systems Technology at the University of Waterloo, where he is accountable for the delivery of large, complex projects and programs. Jonathan’s area of expertise includes recovery of challenged or delayed projects. He has certifications as a Project Management Professional, and Agile Certified Practitioner from the Project Management Institute (PMI). He also holds a Master’s Degree in Management Sciences, from the University of Waterloo.
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.